washingtontimes.com — The nice thing about Ubuntu is that it really is free: Just download a disc image at www.ubuntu.com, burn a CD or DVD, and you're ready to install it on a computer near you. (Ubuntu will work on Intel-based computers; PowerPC-based machines can find some new life with a Linux distribution called Debian, available at debian.org.)
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jektalOct 19, 2009
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jv2kOct 20, 2009
How exactly is an app store more complicated. Based on my experience with android it's pretty much the same thing only with user reviews and paid content. Also it's updated more often.
chrisfromdevonOct 20, 2009
FormerBabby, you raise a good point but it is still a weak article. Even if it is prima facie is to promote Ubuntu it does it poorly ergo pointless. Though no as pointless as this <a class="user" href="http://digg.com/linux_unix/Ubuntu_9_10_Almost_Perfect" rel="nofollow">http://digg.com/linux_unix/Ubuntu_9_10_Almost_Perf ...</a>JV2k. as you started you comment with Obviously I didn't even read it. Avoid weasel words!PS Ubuntu is the only OS I use
seshomarusammaOct 21, 2009
DD,Best to look for support on the Ubuntu Forums.Digg is not really the place.All the best
thesabreOct 21, 2009
go to <a class="user" href="http://ubuntuforums.org," rel="nofollow">http://ubuntuforums.org,</a> post your case, and some people will mock you and expect that you know how to recompile your kernel or write your own compiler rather than help.FTFY
yfphOct 22, 2009
I would advise a complete novice to Linux who wants everything to work out of the box, including codecs and flash, to download Linux Mint (essentially Ubuntu+green theme+pre-installed codecs).<a class="user" href="http://www.linuxmint.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.linuxmint.com/</a>
stan57Oct 25, 2009
i download ubuntu just to waste there stinking bandwidth, HAHAHAHAHHA, freetard loosers!
sqtabOct 30, 2009
We need to stop drinking the Kool Aid and patting ourselves on the back.The Linux Desktop still sucks.I'm tired of the lack of polish on the Linux desktop. I'm also tired of the fact that Linux fanboys are so unwilling to take a good, hard, critical look at their OS to find out how it can be better and gain more widespread adoption.Hurling insults at potential customers does nothing useful. Telling them to RTFA is simply ignorant. People just want things to work so they can go on to doing REAL work. They don't want to tinker on a friggin' machine for hours on end.And polish does matter. Sweating the details makes all the difference in the world. Having a professional polished look attracts both developers and users.When I think of elegant design in desktop operating systems, Mac OS X is the gold standard. Even Microsoft knows this very, very well. That's why they copy it, and that's how they've done very well. Why Linux retards don't realize this is simply beyond me.And how did Apple accomplish this? By INNOVATION. By ELEGANT DESIGN. By paying attention to the details. Sweating the details. Being their own worst critics. Everyone knows Steve Jobs is just about the most difficult person to work for. But the proof is in the pudding. Apple emphasizes elegant design and innovation. That's how they came back from certain death only a few years ago.Look at the design of a MacBook Pro. Look at Mac OS X. Look at the iPhone. Everything has the best technology. Everything is like a work of art. Everything is a Masterpiece.KDE has a lot of ideas and they implement lots of things. Problem is they don't seem to have any focus. The desktop just has a scatterbrained feel to it. Like everything and anything goes. Everything plus the kitchen sink. No focus. No coherence. No professional polish (what the hell is "Edutainment"?). Just one big mess.Gnome has a chance, but the LACK OF INNOVATION and LACK OF POLISH is a serious problem. It's like they're stuck in 2002. Very frustrating if you've experienced much better.Linux needs a professional touch. It needs professional designers, professional reviewers, professional critics.And Linux developers have to stop coding like their only possible audience is other fellow developers. I shouldn't have to look in manuals or hunt around on the web to find how to do something. Software must be clean, simple, and intuitive to use. KISS.As for gaining more momentum in the marketplace, it's not enough for Linux to be "good enough". That won't cut it! That doesn't get you out of the 1% market share hole. You have to be BETTER than the competition if you are going to ever come from behind and win.
medg85Oct 30, 2009
I think a lot of what you are saying is true and thankfully Canonical are working on these very points. They employ professional designers to work on interface issues and with initiatives such as Papercuts, which aims to solve the smaller, intricate problems with the OS, I think they are making a lot of headway. Hopefully what they are doing will feed into the general Linux desktop.As a follow-up to my comment from 11 days ago, the BBC did in fact do a feature on Ubuntu 9.10 and did a very good critical review of it, highlighting both its good points and bad points.Finally, as for polish I think - and this is just my opinion - the Linux desktop is starting to become quite polished!